Hermes Agent Release Notes

iMessage via Photon Spectrum with no Mac relay. Background/async subagents. Image-to-image editing. Automation Blueprints without cron syntax. Desktop app with rebindable shortcuts, subagent watch windows, VS Code themes. Official WhatsApp Business Cloud API. Cursor Composer model via xAI Grok. Full profile builder + Skills Hub rehaul. Memory batch atomic operations. God-file refactor: cli.py 3297→954 lines, gateway/run.py 19157→15870 lines.

A brand-new native desktop app for macOS/Linux/Windows with drag-and-drop, in-app updates, and multi-profile remote gateway connections. Full web dashboard administration panel, Simplified Chinese translation, NVIDIA/skills trusted tap, leaner default skill set, fuzzy model picker everywhere, /undo command, Quick Setup via Nous Portal, and 399 issues closed (2 P0, 62 P1).

The biggest internal refactor in Hermes history: run_agent.py collapses from 16,083 to 3,821 lines (-76%). Kanban grows into a real multi-agent platform with swarm topology, per-task model overrides, and scheduled tasks. session_search rebuilt — 4,500× faster and zero cost. Promptware defense blocks Brainworm-class attacks. Bitwarden Secrets Manager replaces plaintext API keys. Skill bundles, Krea image generation, ntfy push notifications, and a deep xAI integration round. 1,302 commits, 747 merged PRs, 560+ issues closed.

808 commits, 633 merged PRs, 215 contributors. pip install hermes-agent lands on PyPI. xAI Grok OAuth with 1M context. OpenAI-compatible local proxy. x_search, Microsoft Teams end-to-end, debloating wave, 180x faster browser, ~19s cold-start improvement, LINE + SimpleX Chat (22 platforms), /handoff, LSP diagnostics, and 12 P0 + 50 P1 closures.

Multi-agent Kanban with durability guarantees, persistent /goal tracking across turns, Checkpoints v2 with real pruning, 8 P0 security closures, 20 messaging platforms (Google Chat added), providers become a pluggable surface, 7 i18n locales, video_analyze tool, voice cloning via xAI Custom Voices, and session auto-resume after gateway restarts.

Autonomous Curator agent maintains your skill library on a 7-day cycle. Self-improvement loop rewritten with rubric-based grading. 4 new inference providers, 19 messaging platforms (Yuanbao + Teams). ComfyUI v5 and TouchDesigner-MCP bundled by default. Native Spotify + Google Meet integrations. TUI cold start cut ~57%. 1,096 commits from 213 contributors.

A complete React/Ink rewrite of the interactive CLI, a pluggable transport architecture with native AWS Bedrock support, five new inference paths, QQBot as the 17th messaging platform, a dramatically expanded plugin surface, and GPT-5.5 via Codex OAuth.

Nous Tool Gateway unifies web search, image generation, text-to-speech, and browser automation under a single Nous Portal subscription — zero additional API keys required. 118 bundled skills, 16+ messaging platforms, and SOUL.md personality system.

A local web dashboard, Fast Mode for priority inference, iMessage + WeChat + Termux/Android platform expansions, background process monitoring, native xAI Grok and Xiaomi MiMo providers, pluggable context engine, unified proxy support, and the deepest security hardening pass yet — Hermes now spans 16 messaging platforms, truly everywhere.

Background task auto-notifications, free MiMo v2 Pro on Nous Portal, live model switching across all platforms, self-optimized GPT/Codex tool-use guidance, native Google AI Studio, smart inactivity timeouts, approval buttons, MCP OAuth 2.1, centralized logging, and a massive plugin system expansion — 209 PRs, 82 resolved issues. Hermes got smarter.